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Frankétienne, considered one of Haiti's most important and prolific writers, dies at 88
Read full article: Frankétienne, considered one of Haiti's most important and prolific writers, dies at 88Frankétienne, a renowned writer, painter, actor and musician known as the “father of Haitian letters” has died.
US has frozen funding for the UN-backed mission to quell gangs in Haiti, UN says
Read full article: US has frozen funding for the UN-backed mission to quell gangs in Haiti, UN saysThe United Nations says that the U.S. has given notice that it is halting funding to a U.N.-backed mission in Haiti tasked with fighting gangs trying to seize full control of the country’s capital.
Why is Haiti so chaotic? Leaders used street gangs to gain power. Then the gangs got stronger
Read full article: Why is Haiti so chaotic? Leaders used street gangs to gain power. Then the gangs got strongerIt’s easy to blame the latest spasm of violence in Haiti on longstanding poverty, the legacy of colonialism, and European and U.S. interference with the West’s first free Black republic.